Do other people have quiet times in their head or is their brain always talking?

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Do you ever have silence in your head? I never do. My head voice is constantly talking. Shite mostly. It often interrupts conversations I’m having with people and I have to concentrate really hard to “hear”what the other person is saying. I really wish I could switch it off sometimes. I take hours to fall asleep every night because my brain is still going. Is that what everyone else has or do you have quiet sometimes?

Same.

To get to sleep I give my brain a job and focus on it and dont let myself get distracted. Well, try not to. Usually categories.

Naming animals by letter with no human names allowed is good.

Dogs names starting with B.

Female horses names starting with M.

Or house names, or thinking of a type of fish starting with each of the letters of the alphabet.

That sort of stuff. Keeps my mind occupied but also a bit boring and it helps me sleep.
Think

I can never 'lose myself'. Always that voice in the background.

Mine never shuts the hell up